ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &C. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. I5 



A remarkable bronze implement of late British work, found in the Thames. 



A pair of stone querns, found on the Cheviot Hills; presented bv Ralph Carr, Esq. 



Two Roman altars found in pulling down the church at BIsley, Gloucestershire, 



A marble head, apparently the portrait of a Roman imperial personage, found in London; 

 presented by William Tite, Esq., M.r. 



A small Samian Vase, found at Gloucester. 



Roman styli of iron with ornaments in other metals, bone pins, and fragments of Samian 

 ware, found on the site of the old Steel Yard, London. 



Two 'Roman Jibu/ee, and a box of weights, from Yeovil, Somersetshire; presented by J. 

 R. Wise, Esq. 



A small collection of Antiquities, discovered in an Anglo-Saxon Cemetery, Long Witten 

 ham, Berks, on a spot presumed to be the Wigbaldinctune of a charter of Alfred ; presented 

 by J. Y. Akerman, Esq. 



A large iron bell of early type, found on the site of Offa's Palace, at Marden, in Here- 

 fordshire. 



A bas-relief, in bronze, representing a bird seizing a fish, probably Anglo-Saxon, and found 

 in the Thames. 



Two urns and some iron implements, found in a Merovingian Cemetery, at Waban, near 

 Montieuil, France ; presented by John Evans, Esq. 



A very remarkable Byzantine weight of bronze for one pound, with figures and letters 

 inlaid in copper and silver; presented by J. F. W. de Salis, Esq. 



A leathern sheath of the 14th century, perhaps for a jester's sword, found on the site of 

 the old Steel Yard. 



A Flemisli tilting-shield of the 15th century, gilt and painted with figures; presented by 

 the Rev. John Wilson, n.c. President of Trinity College, Oxon. 



An enamdled badge with the Koyal arms of England, and five other badges. 



Twenty-six matrices of seals, of which the most important are those of the Penitenc'ary 

 of the Knights Hospitalers, and that of a Welshman, Jorweth, son of Madoc ap Emilur. 



An enamelled glass vase of French work, on which is represented the blowing of glass. 



Two Flemish bricks of the 16th century, with subjects in rehef; presented by John 

 Evans, Esq. 



A ring dial, presented by W. S. Cocking, Esq. ; and two portable dials, presented by A. 

 W. Franks, Esq. 



A large cameo on shell of the 16th century, representing Hercules. 



A silver badge, formerly worn by the Bargeman of the Admiralty Barge ; presented by 

 the Lords of the Admiralty. 



A block from the tree known as " Heme's Oak," which formerly stood in the Home 

 Park, Windsor; presented by Her Majesty the Queen. 



Ethnographical. — Stone celt from Paramaribo, Surinam ; presented by Duncan C. Munro, 

 Esq., H. M. Consul at Surinam. 



A flint dagger-blade of large size, obtained from a chief of the Spokan Indians, 

 British Columbia; presented by the North-Western Boundary Commissioners, through 

 J. K. Lord, Esq. 



A collection of terra cotta figures from the coast of Ecuador; collected by William 

 Bollaert, Esq. 



A human head, shrunk artificially, being the head of some great chief slain in war, and 

 thus preserved to be worn as a trophy. This object, which is of great rarity, is from Ecuador. 

 Presented by George Fagan, Esq., H. M. Charge d'Affaires and Consul General, Ecuador. 



Two obsidian knives and an alabaster amulet, from the valley of Mexico; presented by 

 Don Lino Ramirez. 



Brass standard of the King of Oude, in the form of a hand, with numerous figures and 

 inscriptions. 



A glass bottle, on the inside of which is written, by some peculiar process, an ode of 

 Hafiz; done at Mugliir, in Mesopotamia, by a native, and presented by J. Christian, Esq., 

 of Mughir. 



Samuel Birch. 



Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities. 



I. — Arrangement. 



One hundred and seventy-five statues, busts, reliefs, and fragments of sculpture from the 

 Mausoleum, Cnidus, Cyrene, Carthage, and from the earlier coFlections, have been mounted 

 on plinths. 



A tessellated pavement from Carthage has been repaired. The sculptures in the 

 Second Elgin, Phigalian and Gra-co-Roman Basement Rooms, have been cleaned, under 

 the superintendence of Mr. Westmacott. 



The wall cases in the first Vase Room and in the Bronze Room have been re-painted, 

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